Legal Opinion
Human Rights Party v. Michigan Corrections Commission
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided June 8, 1977No. Docket 30173PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtM. J. Kelly, J.
This controversy arose on May 20, 1976, when the Human Rights Party, through counsel Zolton Ferency, wrote a letter to Perry Johnson, Director of the Department of Corrections, requesting declaratory rulings under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), MCLA 24.201 et seq.; MSA 3.560(101) et seq. Rulings were requested concerning the applicability of various statutes governing the administration of prisons 1 to prison overcrowding. Plaintiff asserted violations of due process and equal protection guarantees and the guarantee against cruel and unusual punishment of the Michigan and Federal…
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3Cited by34 opinions
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